Entech Solar Announces Appointment of Jay Worenklein to Board of Directors

FORT WORTH, Texas--(Business Wire)--
Entech Solar (OTCBB:ENSL.OB), a leading developer of concentrating solar energy
systems, today announced that Jay Worenklein has been appointed to its Board of
Directors. Mr. Worenklein`s appointment follows the resignation of Joseph
Bartlett from the Board.

David Gelbaum, Chairman of Entech Solar, stated, "Jay Worenklein brings a great
deal of business and financial acumen to the Company and will be an invaluable
addition to the Board. Joe Bartlett, while stepping down from this position,
will continue in his role as legal advisor to the Quercus Trust. I thank him for
his assistance these past few months."

Mr. Worenklein served as chairman and CEO of US Power Generating Company
(USPowerGen) from 2003 until 2008. Prior to founding USPowerGen, Mr. Worenklein
served as a senior banker at Societe Generale and at Lehman Brothers. He
previously was a partner at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, where he began the
firm's power and project finance practices. Mr. Worenklein is currently a member
of the Board of Directors of Ormat Technologies, Inc., of GridPoint, Inc., and
of Entegra Power Group.

About Entech Solar

Entech Solar is a leading developer of concentrating solar energy systems.
Entech designs modules that provide both electricity and thermal energy by
utilizing its proprietary concentrating photovoltaic technologies in its
SolarVolt and ThermaVolt systems, both of which produce cost-competitive
distributed energy for a variety of commercial and industrial applications. For
more information, please visit www.entechsolar.com.

Entech Solar
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